Prime Video has locked in a streaming premiere for Shuchi Talati’s Indian coming-of-age drama “Women Will Be Women,” following its award-winning pageant run. The Indo-French co-production marks the debut of Pushing Buttons Studios, the manufacturing banner launched by Indian actors Richa Chadha and Ali Fazal.

The movie, which premiered at Sundance 2024 the place it picked up two awards together with the Viewers Award within the World Cinema Dramatic Class, tracks the story of 18-year-old Mira as she navigates adolescence towards the backdrop of her mom’s personal unresolved coming-of-age experiences.

First-time director Talati, who additionally wrote the screenplay, brings collectively newcomers Preeti Panigrahi and Kesav Binoy Kiron in lead roles, with Kani Kusruti rounding out the forged. The challenge emerged from a collaboration between Pushing Buttons Studios, Dolce Vita Movies, and Crawling Angel Movies, with Chadha, Claire Chassagne and Talati producing, and Fazal serving as government producer.

After its Sundance debut, the movie continued its pageant circuit momentum, screening at Goteborg, Karlovy Range, El Gouna and the Jogja-Netpac Asian Movie Pageant. Its awards haul contains the Grand Jury Prize on the Indian Movie Pageant of Los Angeles and finest movie honors at each the Jakarta Worldwide Pageant and Biarritz Movie Pageant, and the Transilvania Trophy on the Transilvania Worldwide Movie Pageant. The movie additionally claimed three awards at its Indian premiere on the MAMI Mumbai Movie Pageant.

Manish Menghani, director of content material licensing at Prime Video India, positioned the acquisition as a part of the platform’s technique to diversify its content material choices, describing the title as “a coming-of-age movie that delves into the distinctive struggles, discoveries, and complexities confronted by younger adults.” Chadha famous the movie’s exploration of “inter-generational conflicts and battle for independence,” whereas Fazal highlighted the challenge’s significance as their manufacturing firm’s first enterprise.

The movie, which streams from Dec. 18, joins Prime Video India’s increasing slate of native content material, which incorporates originals like “Citadel: Honey Bunny,” “Mirzapur,” and “The Household Man.” The streaming service has been actively constructing its Indian movie portfolio, mixing direct-to-service titles with post-theatrical releases throughout a number of languages.

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